How to run UIAutomator on emulator?

Question

I am able to run my UIAutomator test on a real device. Here are the steps I've taken:

1. <sdk_dir>/sdk/tools/android create uitest-project -n <test_name> -t 1 -p <workspace_dir>/<test_name>
2. cd <workspace_dir>/<test_name>
3. ant build
4. <platform-tools/adb push
5. <workspace_dir>/<test_name>/bin/<test_name.jar> /data/local/tmp
6. <platform-tools/adb shell uiautomator runtest <test_name.jar> -c <package_name.classname>

Does anyone know how to execute the test on an emulator? (I am using Mac - emulator64-arm)

Answer 1

You can always run UIAutomator tests on Android device emulator

All that you need is to find out what devices are connected to your pc:

<platform-tools/adb devices
List of devices attached
emulator-5555 device
HTCDesireX device

once you have the device id of emulator, use adb -s <emulator_id> instead of adb , you new steps would be:

<platform-tools/adb -s emulator-5555 push <workspace_dir>/<test_name>/bin/<test_name.jar> /data/local/tmp
<platform-tools/adb -s emulator-5555 shell uiautomator runtest <test_name.jar> -c <package_name.classname>